Knowing that one more win for Flash Stars would ensure early promotion, in the 32nd round of the league, Flash Stars' away game against Tangdu Kowloon became the game that Flash Star fans paid the most attention to, even more so than
The second FA Cup final.
The Flash Star Club is also making preparations for the upgrade. For example, they have contacted several fan organizations. When the time comes, the Flash Star Club will pay to sponsor them to travel with the team to away games to build momentum.
Flash Star fans also enthusiastically signed up to participate. Although this is an away game, the fans still hope to witness history at the scene for the first time.
Even if the opponent is a team aiming to avoid relegation, Flash Star fans still have expectations for their team...
In other words, Anton’s fans really can’t wait.
That was the historical moment when Anton Football returned to China's top league, and everyone hoped to be there at that time.
However, the objects of club sponsorship are limited. Some Stars fans simply take the train to watch the away game in advance. They find ways to buy the tickets online and book the tickets and hotels by themselves without the club paying a penny.
In order to watch the game, many fans have asked for leave from their workplace, or even resigned.
Just to be a witness to history.
The matter of quitting one's job to watch football was even trending on Weibo's local topic list, attracting several local media to report on it.
At this time, many people discovered that the people of Jincheng were still enthusiastic about watching football, just like they were more than 20 years ago.
So Andong Jincheng is not a football desert, everyone just buries their passion for football deep underground.
When heavy rain fell on this desert, countless seeds sprouted and turned the desert into an oasis in a very short period of time. Only then did everyone realize that there was only one rain missing.
Yes, in fact, from desert to oasis, all it takes is one rain...
But just like this rain, how many years have Anton fans and Jincheng fans waited for?
A full twenty years.
As the saying goes, there are four great joys in life: sweet rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, a night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the inscription on the gold medal list.
Long drought and good rains rank first.
Anton, the football desert of Jincheng has been dry for twenty years, and finally it rains. How can Anton fans, Jincheng fans be unhappy, excited, or crazy?
What's the point of resigning just to watch a team promotion battle?
It’s hard to find a job anymore, but how many years can we see a historical moment like Anton Football returning to China’s top league?
So when Shining Star went to play away games, they were accompanied by countless Anton fans. They first gathered from their respective cities to Jincheng, and then headed north to leave the province.
There are old fans who have experienced the craziest and most glorious moments of Anton football, as well as new generation fans who grew up with Flashing Star.
If someone wears Xingcheng's jersey from that year to cheer for the Stars, it won't cause any controversy. All he gets is applause and a thumbs up.
When these people poured into the West Palace Stadium, the home ground of Tangdu Kowloon, they shocked the Tangdu Kowloon fans who were planning to give Flash Star a showdown at home - for the sake of relegation, Tangdu Kowloon's home stadium in this game
Fans have come in large numbers, and they thought they would turn the stadium into a hell for the visiting team.
Who would have thought that once a large number of Flash Star fans came in, the momentum they created would be on par with them... no, even slightly better than them.
During the warm-up, Chen Xingyi saw that almost half of the stadium was occupied by Flash Star fans wearing red jerseys. He couldn't help but sigh: "We in Tangdu are also a traditional football city... but we were completely defeated in terms of momentum.
For Anton fans."
Qin Lin said from the side: "At least you have a top league team in Nanhe Province, but the entire Andong Province has not had a top league team for twenty years."
"That's right, it's like a strong man who hasn't touched a woman for twenty years!" Hu Lai said.
Zhang Qinghuan shouted: "I'm going, there's a picture!"
"Okay, okay, warm up quickly, don't be too nervous and hurt yourself!" Captain Li Tielin shouted from behind.
Everyone stepped onto the football field.
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When the players returned to the locker room after warming up, Zhao Kangming asked them: "Have you seen those fans outside?"
After receiving a positive answer, he asked again: "What do you think?"
"Spectacular!" Hu Lai was the first to raise his hand and said. "I thought this was our home court!"
Zhao Kangming smiled: "This is our home court. It is our honor to have so many fans here to cheer us on. But it is also our responsibility and will also bring pressure to us. I hope you will fight for these fans.
, but I don’t want you to be overwhelmed by responsibilities. It sounds contradictory, right? But it’s actually very simple. Just think about the next FA Cup final. This game should be a preview of that game.
Don’t we have no pressure when playing in the FA Cup final and don’t we need to take responsibility? Haven’t we been preparing for that game for the past half month? In this game, Tangdu Jiulong will definitely create things for us in order to avoid relegation.
It’s a lot of trouble, so that’s the best thing, but I’m worried that our opponent won’t resist and we won’t be able to adjust our state.”
After the league match against Tangdu Kowloon, the second leg of the FA Cup final was immediately followed.
That was a game that many people thought they had given up on and should have given up on.
But only the Flash Star players themselves know that their score with Golden Arrow has not yet been settled.
When thinking about the FA Cup final, the expressions on the faces of the Shining Star players became serious.
Zhao Kangming felt that this was the right state, so he waved his hand and said in a very calm tone: "Go, let's compete."
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When players from both teams took the field, the air above Nishinomiya Stadium was filled with cheers in Andong dialect.
All kinds of "rising" overwhelmed the shouts of local fans.
It's just like what Zhao Kangming said, this is the home court of Flashing Star.
Tangdu Jiulong will be relegated, and Flash Star will be upgraded.
The fates of the two teams collided.
It is said that teams that are relegated are not easy to play, but today Flash Star wants everyone to know that teams that are promoted are not easy to play either!
At the beginning of the game, there was no testing or adaptation. Flashing Star did not let Tangdu Jiulong slowly find the feeling of the game. As soon as it started, it launched the fiercest offensive towards Tangdu Jiulong's goal.
Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, and Chen Xingyi took turns attacking in the frontcourt, making Tangdu Jiulong unable to lift its head.
Fifteen minutes into the game, the home team didn't even have a shot on goal.
The Tangdu Kowloon fans in the stands were also silenced by the fans of the visiting team Flash Stars.
Every time the Stars attack, they will win loud applause from the fans in the stands, and every time they take a shot, they will win applause.
The commentator on Nanhe TV couldn't help but sigh: "Whose home field is this?"
Under this high-intensity attack, Flash Star finally broke the deadlock in the 20th minute.
Zhang Qinghuan used a long arcing shot from outside the penalty area, which blasted the Tangdu Jiulong goal, giving Flash Star the lead.
"Zhang Qinghuan!! Beautiful!" the commentator of Anton TV was very excited, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground.
He was quite worried before, but the more critical moments came to this, the more nervous he became. Man, when he realized that he was living in a historical moment, how could he not think too much?
He was afraid that the Flash Star players would perform abnormally due to excessive pressure - this kind of thing is not without precedent in history. There are many similar things in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and they are countless.
Although after the game started, Flash Star's performance made the commentator feel that the players should have withstood the pressure.
But if the goal is delayed, the situation will be difficult to predict.
As time goes by, Flash Star's fierce offensive will lead to a void in the backcourt. If Tangdu Jiulong seizes the opportunity to counterattack and score a goal, the situation will be reversed.
fine……
Now looking at the Stars players celebrating, the commentator of Anton TV let out a sigh of relief.
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Although they took the lead, Flash Star did not slow down.
They continued to attack fiercely without worrying about the goal behind them.
This kind of onslaught made Tangdu Jiulong particularly difficult to adapt to. Although they also challenged the Flash Stars on the road in the first half of the season and lost 0:3 in the end. But at that time, the Flash Stars playing at home did not give them such a sense of oppression.
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Now when they faced Flashing Star, they felt like they were facing a group of tigers descending from the mountain, howling and trying to tear them all into pieces.
In fact, this is not an illusion of the Tangdu Kowloon players.
Since losing in the first round of the Football Association final, Zhao Kangming has been training the Flash Stars' offense.
Because the Stars, who are two goals behind in the total score, want to really achieve a comeback, offense is very important.
In the second round of the final, Shining Star couldn't hold on any longer, they had to attack.
So how to ensure that when attacking, the defense line will not be sieved by the opponent?
Zhao Kangming's countermeasure is to use a more violent offensive to push back the opponent's attack.
This is how the team practices during training, and when it comes to the game, he requires the team to use the results they have practiced during training.
Therefore, in these three league games, Flash Star's offensive was very fierce.
In the away game against Nanhai team, Nanhai team was completely overwhelmed by their offensive. Although Nanhai team also scored a goal, Flash Star scored three goals, and finally defeated the opponent 3:1, taking all three points in the away game in second place in the league.
The same goes for playing Capital Athletic at home, sweeping the opponent with four goals and fully displaying the offensive firepower of the Stars.
Up to this game, Flash Stars, who scored the first goal, still did not stop their offensive rhythm. This high-intensity offense made it difficult for Chinese League One teams including Tangdu Jiulong to adapt.
This is exactly what Flash Star has learned from playing against Chinese Super League teams many times.
When they asked themselves in advance as a Chinese Super League team, they found that the vast majority of Chinese League One teams were really...
As Mr. Qin Lin said:
That's it.
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A one-goal lead is not a very safe score. Even if the commentator of Anton TV is heartbroken, there are still Flash Star fans who can't help but worry about what they will do if Tangdu Kowloon equalizes the score...
…So they still have to score another goal to reassure them.
Flashstar didn't keep their fans waiting in fear for too long.
In the 36th minute, Chen Xingyi was pushed down by a Tangdu Jiulong player when he broke through in the penalty area. The referee decisively ruled a foul and gave Flash Star a penalty kick.
To be honest, when the referee made such a penalty, the loudest thing in the sky above the Nishinomiya Stadium was the cheers of the Shining Star fans, not the boos of the home team Tangdu Kowloon fans...
This makes the referee feel as if he is at Flash Star's home court when making this penalty, and there is no psychological pressure at all.
Naturally, Hu Lailai took the penalty kick.
Tangdu Kowloon fans tried to disturb him by booing, but they were quickly silenced by the cheers of Flash Star fans.
But in fact, whether booing or not, it will not affect Hu Lai.
He safely kicked the penalty kick into the goal!
"Flash Star 2:0! They are getting closer and closer to qualifying for the Chinese Super League!" Shen Lang, the commentator of Tengfei Video, said loudly, "Hu Lai also scored his 24th league goal this season.
!The single-season scoring record set by him is still going forward!"
The Nishinomiya Stadium was filled with cheers.
This time, the home team fans were silent.
Because they know that with the current situation, it is almost impossible for their team to defeat Flash Star at their home court.
Whether they want it or not, they can only accept this result now.
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After Hulay scored, the game completely lost its suspense.
Even if they knew they needed to avoid relegation, it would be difficult for the Tangdu Kowloon players to fight back against the Flash Stars in the game.
Zhao Kangming began to make substitutions in the second half to prepare for the second leg of the FA Cup final this weekend.
Chen Xingyi was replaced first.
When he was replaced, he waved to the fans in the stands.
This is a bit confusing...I don't know if he is thanking his hometown elders or the Anton fans who came with the team.
With fifteen minutes left in the game, Hu Lai was also replaced.
He failed to score another goal and still scored 24 goals in the league.
After he left the field, Anton TV's commentators did not pay attention to the ongoing game most of the time, but talked about upgrades.
"...Although we have defeated two Chinese Super League teams in the FA Cup this season, after Flash Star is promoted to the Chinese Super League in the new season, the primary goal should still be to avoid relegation. After all, the FA Cup game has no reference value, and the opponent
Maybe we underestimate the opponent just because we are a Chinese League One team... But in the Chinese Super League, every round of the game needs to be like the FA Cup semi-finals, which will be a huge test for the Stars... I personally think that the Stars should try their best
Keep Chen Xingyi, he has cooperated very well with Hu Lai this season, whether it is to continue to rent or buy out, in short, we must keep him..."
When he said this, the TV broadcast also showed a shot of the Shining Star bench. In the shot, Hu Laizheng and Chen Xingyi were talking about something. Both of them were covering their mouths, and the shape of their mouths could not be seen, so there was no way to know.
content of their conversations.
Just by looking at their expressions, I guess what they were talking about was a light topic.
Maybe Hu Lai was asking Chen Xingyi what was delicious and fun in Tangdu. After all, Chen Xingyi is from Tangdu.
Seeing this scene, guest commentator Lu Guanlin interrupted his partner: "Don't think about such long-term things... At this moment, just concentrate on enjoying the joy of upgrading!"
The commentator also realized that he had suffered from an occupational disease again just now...
So he laughed: "Yes, that's right, enjoy the moment and enjoy the happiness! This is really a great event for Anton Football!"
The Shining Star fans in the stands were singing loudly. Listening carefully, it turned out to be the team song of Andong Xingcheng...
"...The soldiers of Xingcheng are indomitable under all odds! The soldiers of Xingcheng are invincible! Our hometown fathers are our strong backing! Always move forward on the road to victory! Move forward!!"
The Anton TV commentator and commentator in the studio behind were stunned when they heard clearly what the fans in front were singing, and then fell into silence.
The reason why they didn't speak was because they were afraid that if they spoke, the audience in front of the TV would know from their choked voices that they couldn't control their emotions...
But he couldn't remain silent like this. The commentator took a deep breath and tried hard to keep his voice from shaking: "Chinese Super League, our Anton Football...are back!"
